Home support workers caregivers and related occupations provide personal care and companionship for seniors persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. They provide care in the clients residence where they may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies private households or they may be selfemployed.
JOB DUTIES:
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Home support workers caregivers and related occupations have to perform and some of the physical demands they involve:
Provide care and companionship for individuals and families during periods of incapacitation convalescence or family disruption
Administer bedside and personal care to clients such as aid in ambulation bathing personal hygiene and dressing and undressing
Plan and prepare meals and special diets and feed or assist in feeding clients
May perform routine healthrelated duties such as changing nonsterile dressings assisting in the administration of medications and collecting specimens under the general direction of home care agency supervisor or nurse
May perform routine housekeeping duties such as laundry washing dishes and making beds.
Physical demands Help Physical Demands
Bending or twisting the body
Standing
Making repetitive motions
Handling material manually
Walking and running
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Home support workers caregivers and related occupations are employed and some of their main characteristics:
Selfemployment
Private households
Homecare agencies
Work environment Help Physical Work Environment
Indoors environmentally controlled
Biological agents
In an enclosed vehicle or equipment
Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help Physical proximity from others
Close (at arm s length)
Requirements
This is what you typically need for the job.
Some secondary school education is usually required.
Home management experience may be required.
College or other courses in home support may be required.
First aid certification may be required.
Completion of a training program in care of the elderly care of persons with disabilities convalescent care or in a related field may be required.
Source National Occupational Classification
Professional certification and licensing
Ontario
If this occupation is regulated you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary depending on the occupation.
If the licence is compulsory you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
If the licence is voluntary you don t need to be certified to practise this occupation.
Personal Attributes Help Personal Attributes
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Service Orientation
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Social Orientation
| 4 Highly important
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Stress Tolerance
| 4 Highly important
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Independence
| 4 Highly important
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Concern for Others
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Collaboration
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Adaptability
| 4 Highly important
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Attention to Detail
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Active Learning
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Innovativeness
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This is what you typically need for the job. Nurse practitioners usually require a master's degree in nursing; or completion of a nursing program with additional advanced or extended primary health care nursing education; and several years of practice as a registered nurse. Registration with a regulatory body is required for nurse practitioners in all provinces and territories. Source National Occupational Classification Professional certification and licensing Ontario If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation. If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation. If the licence is voluntary, you don t need to be certified to practise this occupation. Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process. SKILLS PROFECIENCY OR COMPLEXITY LEVEL Social Perceptiveness 5 - Highest Level Coordinating 4 - High Level Instructing 4 - High Level Monitoring 4 - High Level Time Management 4 - High Level Writing 4 - High Level Reading Comprehension 4 - High Level Oral Communication: Active Listening 4 - High Level Oral Communication: Oral Comprehension 4 - High Level Oral Communication: Oral Expression 4 - High Level Personal Attributes Help - Personal Attributes Importance Service Orientation 5 - Extremely important Stress Tolerance 5 - Extremely important Concern for Others 5 - Extremely important Collaboration 5 - Extremely important Analytical Thinking 5 - Extremely important Attention to Detail 5 - Extremely important Active Learning 4 - Highly important Social Orientation 4 - Highly important Independence 4 - Highly important Leadership 4 - Highly important Knowledge Help - Knowledge Knowledge level Physical Health 3 - Advanced Level Biology 2 - Intermediate Level Humanities 2 - Intermediate Level Client Service 2 - Intermediate Level Languages 2 - Intermediate Level Mathematics 2 - Intermediate Level Mental Health 2 - Intermediate Level Chemistry 1 - Basic Level Business Management 1 - Basic Level Clerical 1 - Basic Level